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Public versus Private Pensions – everybody gets to lose…

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Sometimes we hear how people in the public sector make more than the private sector, or that big private sector earners don’t pay enough tax. This is a simple divide and conquer strategy where the end game is to make us all less well off in order for the Government to hold on to more […]

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Tax back, medical allowances and pensions

Friday, September 7, 2012

We spoke to TV3’s The Morning Show about claiming allowances, tax returns and pensions

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The Jobs Budget/Initiative/Stunt – a pension rip off by any other name

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

We are told that there will be a €500m package announcement today which is described as a ‘jobs initiative’. Formerly it was to be known as a ‘jobs budget’ or an ‘alternative budget’ (note that in the link there is also talk of ‘renegotiating the bailout’ – so U-Turns are becoming commonplace), this is the first Irish ‘downgrade’ in a while that hasn’t involved S&P.

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News of the World

Monday, March 7, 2011

This week we looked at the issue of pensions and the fact that the real storm clouds on the horizon are not the NAMA, IMF/EU bailout or sovereign debt, but rather that of pension provision. The recent changes in the National Pensions Framework have gone some way towards addressing this but at some stage they will need to go farther or we will need a total re-think on pension provision, the final alternative being a total reduction in entitlements or massive contributions for qualification.

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